farzat: She was particularly traumatized when she saw pictures how people tore apart their family home in the small city of Homs, located in western Syria, according to CBC. Windsor's low-cost housing attracts refugees to Windsor Windsor Syrians rally to denounce war crimes Everything was destroyed, I remember my toys were all scattered on the floor and dirty and even pictures were burned, Farzat said. The soft-spoken 13-year-old vividly remembers hearing bomb blasts. Her family arrived in Windsor in November 2014 as refugees. I'm not really good with speaking so drawing is my way of expressing myself, Farzat explains. While her parents say Farzat suffered from depression, they say they've noticed an improvement recently and credit her artwork. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

english channel: Most of the camp near the English Channel is now reduced to the charred remains of wooden shelters and sparse belongings of the migrants, who converged on northern France in hopes of reaching Britain, according to Hamilton Spectator. As many as 1,600 people were in the camp when the blaze broke out, according to the Grande-Synthe mayor and the prefect, the top government official for the region. Police cordoned off the camp in the Dunkirk suburb of Grande-Synthe on Tuesday and investigators inspected the site to try to determine the cause of the Monday night fire, which broke out following a fight between rival groups of migrants. Some 500 were taken to three local gymnasiums, including one set aside for children and families but most of the other migrants remain unaccounted-for, the mayor and prefect told reporters Tuesday. Other aid groups are planning to distribute meals Tuesday to migrants in the gymnasiums and anywhere else they are found around town. Doctors Without Borders, which set up the site a year ago to replace filthy makeshift camps in the region, is holding meetings Tuesday to decide what to do next. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hockey: That concerns me and it's a question you must face, according to Metro News. City council voted Tuesday to start working on an agreement with Hockey Canada for the proposed academy at the coliseum. We have a bit of a sedentary lifestyle, Renney told city council members Tuesday, during debate on the future of the coliseum, which Hockey Canada wants to take over. The decision comes after city administration reviewed 15 proposed projects for the site, suggesting Hockey Canada offered the best plan for the coliseum's future success. Hockey Canada would operate the building during the day, while the community members and organizations could use the facilities on evenings and weekends. The hockey school would include four sheets of ice, a 200-metre athletic track, and a dry-land training area. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hotan prefecture: Matniyaz, identified as a member of Xinjiang's indigenous Uighur ethnic minority, was cited by the report as not having a resolute political stance, according to The Chronicle Herald. The state-run Global Times newspaper on Tuesday quoted other local officials as saying that government leaders should push back against rather than comply with religious prohibitions against smoking to demonstrate their commitment to secularization. Jelil Matniyaz, Communist Party head of a village in Hotan Prefecture, was demoted for not daring to smoke in front of religious figures, said the report, issued Saturday and reproduced by official newspapers and websites. The punishment appears to be the latest extreme measure by the authorities to exert their will in Xinjiang, particularly its southern portion including Hotan where Uighur culture is strongest. The government has argued that its measures, such as prohibiting women from wearing Islamic veils or men from growing beards, are part of an effort to roll back dangerous religious fundamentalism. Chinese authorities and the state-controlled media have increasingly equated religious expression with extremism in their official rhetoric, partly in response to a bloody insurgency blamed on Uighur Islamic militants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hotan prefecture: The state-run Global Times newspaper on Tuesday quoted other local officials as saying that government leaders should push back against rather than comply with religious prohibitions against smoking to demonstrate their commitment to secularization, according to Metro News. The punishment appears to be the latest extreme measure by the authorities to exert their will in Xinjiang, particularly its southern portion including Hotan where Uighur culture is strongest. Jelil Matniyaz, Communist Party head of a village in Hotan Prefecture, was demoted for not daring to smoke in front of religious figures, said the report, issued Saturday and reproduced by official newspapers and websites . Matniyaz, identified as a member of Xinjiang's indigenous Uighur ethnic minority, was cited by the report as not having a resolute political stance. Chinese authorities and the state-controlled media have increasingly equated religious expression with extremism in their official rhetoric, partly in response to a bloody insurgency blamed on Uighur Islamic militants. Overseas Uighur advocate groups say the restrictions have only increased resentment over heavy-handed Chinese rule and fueled a cycle of radicalization and violence. The government has argued that its measures, such as prohibiting women from wearing Islamic veils or men from growing beards, are part of an effort to roll back dangerous religious fundamentalism. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration agents: The administration started publishing the report weekly last month after Trump issued an executive order aimed at encouraging local police to help federal immigration agents trying to carry out deportations, according to Metro News. It listed jurisdictions that had been deemed unco-operative . Kern County, a vast rural agricultural expanse north of Los Angeles, ended up on one of the lists. Several local law enforcement agencies had complained that information in the reports was inaccurate and unfairly targeted them including some jurisdictions supportive of Trump's immigration enforcement efforts. But Sheriff Donny Youngblood said targeting his law enforcement agency was wrong because federal agents have access to his county's jail and its data. So he complained to federal immigration officials. Being placed on the federal list prompted calls from angry residents of the largely conservative area, Youngblood said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

in-class training: Azarmgin's experience is one common to many immigrant tech workers, who come to Canada with expertise and education, but struggle to find their footing amid a hiring process and work environment vastly different from that in their home country, according to Globe and Mail. A program funded by the Ontario government called Integrated Work Experience Strategy IWES aims to help newcomers with technical experience like Mr. Mr. Azarmgin continue their careers in Canada. Since the pilot in 2009, approximately 450 professionals have been through the program. Offered by the not-for-profit Information and Communications Technology Council ICTC the program involves three weeks of in-class training in Scarborough, Ont., followed by three months of one-on-one coaching for a fee of 399 plus HST. Over 85 per cent of graduates of the IWES program have landed jobs within six months of completing the program, with average salaries starting at 50,000. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

liu bing: Many responded with outrage over perceived ethnic bias against the passenger and some called for a boycott of the U.S.-based airline, according to Hamilton Spectator. Rubbish! writer Su Danqing posted on Weibo. Video of the violent incident posted on China's popular Twitter-like microblogging service Weibo had been viewed more than 210 million times by late Tuesday. When they were treating this Asian man, they never thought of human rights, otherwise they wouldn't have done it that way. State-run media fuelled the anger with reports that noted the unidentified victim was an Asian passenger. Damn it! This airline must be boycotted! said a posting from Liu Bing, a telecommunications company worker. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mark bellamy: He says he felt strong the show should be cast in a way that accurately represented the characters, according to The Chronicle Herald. Bellamy says he resigned after being informed a white actor would play Bloody Mary, a Tonkinese woman from what is now northern Vietnam. Mark Bellamy says the production includes themes of racial intolerance and the lead characters' struggle with bringing Polynesians into their lives. He says he made several suggestions for actors he believed had a more appropriate ethnic background for the character, but whose singing abilities didn't quite satisfy the Calgary Opera. Oscar Hammerstein created this piece of theatre to have this discussion about racism, he didn't create it to showcase voices of sopranos and mezzo-sopranos necessarily, Bellamy says. Bellamy says he understood why that's the opera's focus, but that's not what the musical is about. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mormon religion: The 39-year-old auditor and married father of two came to Utah years ago to get a college education, according to CTV. He is a member of the Mormon religion and a former member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. The Deseret News reports that Amram Musungu says he's always wanted to run for the post to help Kenyans work to get control of a country that he believes is ripe for a change. Musungu faces seven other candidates, many of whom have decades of experience working for the government. He has dual citizenship from the United States and Kenya. Musungu lives in South Salt Lake, a suburb of Salt Lake City. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

rebate: The former NDP government introduced the 60 per cent tuition tax rebate in the 2007 with the goal of encouraging new graduates to stay and work in Manitoba, according to CBC. Students got up to 60 per cent of their tuition paid back to them over six years through tax rebates. The rebates, which cost the government millions in tax revenue, will be phased out gradually, a government source said. Students who graduated after 2007 and moved to Manitoba also were eligible for the rebate. Both rebates are on the chopping block, the source said. Manitoba offers 60% tax rebate on tuition in throne speech In 2010, the NDP introduced the advanced tuition fee rebate, which allowed students still in post-secondary school to receive a five per cent tax credit advance on tuition fees. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

senate speakers: The then-15-year-old was targeted because she advocated for the right of girls to go to school, according to CTV. The day will start with a 9 a.m. In 2012, the Taliban shot Yousafzai in the head when she was on her way to school in Pakistan. ET event at an Ottawa high school, where International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef, and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau will speak to students about gender and education. ET, where she'll be greeted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the House and Senate Speakers. Yousafzai will arrive on Parliament Hill at 11 30 a.m. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

story april: The word was part of Sessions' prepared remarks that were released by the Justice Department, but the attorney general didn't use the term in his speech at the border, according to The Chronicle Herald. Source Source The Associated Press Photo Caption FILE - In this March 15, 2017, file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks to law enforcement officers in Richmond, Va. In a story April 11, The Associated Press reported that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions used the word filth to describe the problems with drugs and violence brought on by international criminal organizations. Sessions favors decades-old drug and crime-fighting strategies, even as some people involved in criminal justice during that time have come to believe they went too far, for too long. Sessions favors decades-old drug and crime-fighting strategies, even as some people involved in criminal justice during that time have come to believe they went too far, for too long. AP Photo/Steve Helber, File Photo Caption FILE - In this March 15, 2017, file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks to law enforcement officers in Richmond, Va. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

trip cost: My parents had to fly two hours to Shanghai for the medical exam, stay over night in a hotel, according to Toronto Star. The exam and the trip cost them 2,000, said Li, a financial analyst in Toronto, who applied early last year to sponsor her parents to join her in Canada from China. By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Tues., April 11, 2017 Shirley Li does not understand why immigration officials would require a medical exam to be done upfront and redone later when the results expire after a long processing delay. You don't hear anything from immigration. If they do, they don't have any useful information to help you. When you call the call centre, nobody picks up the phone. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

b.c: These include youth aged 18 to 24, First Nations members, people who have recently moved, homeless electors, and people from ethnic communities, according to CBC. More B.C. election news and features Try Vote Compass B.C. 2017 Who's running in the 2017 B.C. election Archer said his team is specifically targeting these individuals, and he said he hopes his efforts will increase voter turnout. Keith Archer, the chief electoral officer with Elections BC, says while 95 per cent of British Columbians are on the voting list, there are certain voters who are under-represented. There has been a decline in voter turnout, he explained. Now it's closer to 55 per cent. Up until the mid-1990s, around 70 to 72 per cent of eligible voters would cast a vote. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

chrysanthemum throne: Ahead of his visit to Malaysia beginning later this week, he said at a rare news conference at his palace that he looks forward to learning from the country's experience in using its ethnic, religious and cultural diversity as a source for development, according to Brandon Sun. Diversity and tolerance are the words that come to my mind in describing my image of Malaysia today, he said. Naruhito, the oldest son of Emperor Akihito, is first in line to the Chrysanthemum throne. The country has generated energy and unity as a nation while the people of Malay, Chinese and Indian roots have come to respect each other's differences and coexisted, he said. Malaysia's contribution to regional co-operation, especially through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is also an important asset for the rest of Asia and the world, he said. I would like to observe and hear from the people of Malaysia from the viewpoint that Malaysia's example can be a model for the international society, which is still faced with conflicts for various reasons, in terms of how a world can be, the soft-spoken Naruhito said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

counterinsurgency operations: Soldiers and police launched aggressive counterinsurgency operations in Rakhine in October after shadowy insurgents killed nine border guards, according to Brandon Sun. Government forces were accused of perpetrating rape, torture and other abuses against residents of the Muslim Rohingya minority during their sweeps. National Security Adviser Thaung Tun said in a briefing to foreign diplomats and representatives of U.N. agencies that the U.N. Human Rights Council's recent decision failed to recognize Myanmar's efforts to deal with the situation and address its root causes. The Rohingya have faced widespread discrimination in Buddhist-dominated Myanmar, which led to deadly intercommunal violence in 2012 that forced more than 100,000 Rohingya from their homes into squalid displacement camps, where many still remain. More than 70,000 Rohingya villagers fled across the border to Bangladesh and another 20,000 were internally displaced. Rights group said the recent army crackdown included the burning down of more than 1,000 homes, according to high-resolution satellite images, and the killing of an unknown number of civilians, perhaps in the hundreds. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hotan prefecture: Matniyaz, identified as a member of Xinjiang's indigenous Uighur ethnic minority, was cited by the report as not having a resolute political stance, according to Brandon Sun. The state-run Global Times newspaper on Tuesday quoted other local officials as saying that government leaders should push back against rather than comply with religious prohibitions against smoking to demonstrate their commitment to secularization. Jelil Matniyaz, Communist Party head of a village in Hotan Prefecture, was demoted for not daring to smoke in front of religious figures, said the report, issued Saturday and reproduced by official newspapers and websites. The punishment appears to be the latest extreme measure by the authorities to exert their will in Xinjiang, particularly its southern portion including Hotan where Uighur culture is strongest. The government has argued that its measures, such as prohibiting women from wearing Islamic veils or men from growing beards, are part of an effort to roll back dangerous religious fundamentalism. Chinese authorities and the state-controlled media have increasingly equated religious expression with extremism in their official rhetoric, partly in response to a bloody insurgency blamed on Uighur Islamic militants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

policy platform: Quebec has its own international relations network with consular-type offices in Europe, Asia, Mexico and the United States, according to Brandon Sun. The province is also planning to open offices in Cuba and in Philadelphia. The government is setting aside 100 million over five years to support its first new foreign policy platform since 2006. Premier Philippe Couillard told reporters the province's foreign policy will emphasize two fundamental questions that are important to Quebecers equality between men and women and the rights of sexual minorities. And Quebec's position on the international scene should be accompanied by the representation of these two values. I think in Quebec there is a very broad consensus on these two questions, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

albanian population: Muiznieks said Kosovo, with a predominantly ethnic Albanian population and an ethnic Serb minority, needs to change course and build a just and cohesive society by prosecuting wartime crimes, promoting inter-ethnic tolerance, caring about displaced persons and clarifying 13 murders and disappearances of journalists in the years after the war, according to Metro News. Major conditions for achieving this are to prosecute and effectively sanction all persons involved in wartime crimes, clarify the fate of all missing persons, provide war victims with adequate reparation and facilitate the voluntary return of displaced persons, Muiznieks said.A special court, Kosovo Specialist Chambers, has been created in The Hague, Netherlands, with international judges from European Union member countries, the United States and Canada to prosecute ethnic Albanian rebels for crimes during and immediately after Kosovo's war for independence. Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks issued a memorandum Monday following his Kosovo visit in February. He urged Kosovo to ensure an effective protection and support to witnesses in the context of wartime criminal proceedings. All schools' textbooks and teaching material containing elements of nationalism and prejudice should be revised, he said. The Commissioner called for more efforts to foster reconciliation, especially in establishing new teaching methods in the education system which promote inter-ethnic tolerance and respect. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

asylum-seekers: Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said the situation for asylum-seekers in Hungary was already a concern before the measures, and has only gotten worse since the new law introducing mandatory detention for asylum-seekers came into effect, according to The Chronicle Herald. The move is bound to put a new spotlight on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, which has faced scorn from U.N. agencies and advocacy groups over its tough policies on migrants even if its populist message has resonated in the country and elsewhere in the West. UNHCR says that since a tough new law took effect on March 28, Hungary's government has detained 110 people including children in shipping containers surrounded by high razor fences at the border while their asylum cases are reviewed. A complex European Union rule known as the Dublin Regulation holds that any asylum-seekers should have their cases processed in the first country of the bloc that they enter, and should be returned there if necessary. UNHCR Spokeswoman Cecile Pouilly said the call for such suspensions within the EU is rare, and such an appeal was last made in 2012, also with regard to Hungary. Grandi urged EU countries to suspend transfer of asylum-seekers to Hungary, until the Hungarian authorities bring their practices and policies in line with European and international law, according to a statement from his office. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

fort william: We will send you our list of who should be status Indians in our community and you will add them to your registry, according to Globe and Mail. This is our right to self-determination. Fort William will determine who our members are. The Indian Act contains a complicated formula based on the Indian status of the parents to determine who gets status and who does not. As a result, there are many people who were raised at Fort William who do not have status, including the grandchildren of the former chief. For instance, if a status Indian has a child with a non-status Indian, that child will get status, but the child cannot pass status on to their children if their partner is non-status. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

future content: The Ideation Project is described by the former CBC Radio host as a creative adventure with the aim of taking a bigger picture view on newsworthy issues and culture, according to Toronto Star. It will feature words, original music, recording and production by Ghomeshi. Bernard Weil / Toronto Star By The Canadian Press Mon., April 10, 2017 Jian Ghomeshi has resurfaced with an online music and podcast series. The project debuted this morning with a six-minute monologue called Exiles that asks what does it mean to feel like you have no homeland The website says future content will cover a variety of topics from politics to philosophy to pop culture and the human condition. Another charge of sexual assault against him was withdrawn last year after the former CBC broadcaster apologized to a former colleague in court and signed a peace bond. Article Continued Below Ghomeshi's return to the spotlight comes about a year after being acquitted of sexually assaulting three women. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

house race: Fahrenthold's submission also included his story about Trump's raunchy behind-the-scenes comments during a 2005 taping of Access Hollywood, according to CTV. His talk about groping women's genitals rocked the White House race and prompted a rare apology from the then-candidate. David A. Fahrenthold won the prize for national reporting, with the judges citing stories that examined Trump's charitable foundation and called into question whether the real estate magnate was as generous as he claimed. In another election-related prize, Peggy Noonan of The Wall Street Journal won the Pulitzer for commentary for columns that connected readers to the shared virtues of Americans during one of the nation's most divisive political campaigns. The president can expect to see more of me on Twitter, said Fahrenthold, now part of a team looking at Trump businesses. The judges said Fahrenthold's reporting created a model for transparent journalism, a model he built partly by using Twitter to publicize his efforts and let Trump see what he was doing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ieshia evans: Pepsi/You Tube By JOHANNA SCHNELLERSpecial to the Star Mon., April 10, 2017 The Show Kendall Jenner's Pepsi commercial The Moment The appropriation Though Pepsi pulled the ad almost immediately, to see it was to hate it, according to Toronto Star. A protest march populated exclusively by young, beautiful people. Many on social media have decried image as an appropriation of the well-known photo of Ieshia Evans standing calmly in front of police in Baton Rouge, La. They're not actually protesting anything; it's protest as a lifestyle choice. She tugs off her blond wig, cracks open a Pepsi and hands it to a cop. Still, it pulls Kendall Jenner from her photo shoot. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

information evening: The four or five usual members of the Refugee Support Committee at the parish were joined by over 80 others for an information evening -- and 20 more people who could not come that evening requested updates and offered to help, according to Huffington Post Canada. Plans were made, funds raised, paperwork submitted -- and at one point, an apartment was rented. The photo of Alan Kurdi washed up on a Turkish beach as his family attempted to flee across the Mediterranean created a groundswell of concern. And then, we waited... and waited. Syrian refugees take part in a welcome service at the St. Finally, a Syrian family arrived that our parish could sponsor -- in March 2017. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.